Thunderhead
記録 no.031

13 May 2025 — In Reefton, New Zealand, a waste dump had been blocking for weeks; a staff report to the board said a camera put down the pipe found a large rock.

Until it was fixed, the nearby motor camp let its own dump be used.
Logged 2026-06-19 11:00:00 (JST)

In Reefton, a town on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, the waste dump station on The Strand had been blocking for weeks.

A contractor cleared it each time, but within days it blocked again. At first a design fault was suspected.

On 17 April 2025 the contractor put a camera down the pipe and found a single large rock lodged in it.

The station was closed and dug up to be repaired; in the meantime the nearby Reefton Motor Camp let its own dump station be used. The matter was recorded as a staff report in the Inangahua Community Board's agenda of 13 May 2025.

Source ── Buller District Council
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